Each year, a new set of creative works enters the public domain as they reach the ripe old age of 95. This year’s group was born in 1928, and includes […]
Public Domain Day
JHU Museums Year in Review: Homewood’s Orchard Yields Delicious Results
We’re now deep into baking season, and while 2023’s apple harvest was a mixed bag nationally, Homewood Museum’s orchard of mostly apple (and a few pear) trees over-performed. As the […]
Retellings for Your Winter Reading
Written by Sue Vazakas and Jenelle Clark, JHU’s Unofficial SF/F Librarians Many authors enjoy “retelling” a story that already exists – they may want to explore the story through characters […]
Burning Questions: “Is the Library Strictly Academic or Are There Recreational Books as Well?”
We, librarians, are fortunate that we get to meet a lot of incoming Hopkins students. We often request that they give us their “burning questions” — about Baltimore, Hopkins, the […]
Burning Questions: “Is There a Graphic Novel Section?
We, librarians, are fortunate that we get to meet a lot of incoming Hopkins students. We often request that they give us their “burning questions” — about Baltimore, Hopkins, the […]
Summer Reading Recs From Your Librarians! (Part 2)
Welcome to the second installment of our librarians’ summer reading recommendations! Let’s jump straight in! Fiction: We started with Fiction picks last week, so let’s switch it up. Our first […]
Summer Reading Recs From Your Librarians! (Part 1)
All work and no play makes Johns Hopkins a dull boy! And as much as we love diving deep into our academic research, you may not be surprised that our […]
Semester Ends: Don’t Forget to Return Your Library Books
The last day of classes is fast approaching. As the semester ends, you may have some library books to return. Before you leave campus, be sure to return your books, […]
Shop the Gift Shops at Evergreen and Homewood This Holiday Season
The gift shops at Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library are great destinations for holiday shopping! And this weekend, during the museums’ respective open houses, JHU faculty, staff, and […]
Take Advantage of the Library’s Open Access Arrangements
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Libraries has several open access agreements with publishers to make it easier for our researchers and authors to publish more openly without fees. Learn more about the different kinds of arrangements below by signing up for the Scholarly Communication series offered […]